Sunday, February 15, 2015

I suppose better late showing than never! I made some Valentine post cards and tags for my family and some friends. I still keep in contact with a few of my Mom's friends and made them cards and tags for Valentine's Day.

Bob's Grandma Lucy will be 98 tomorrow the 16th. I made a post card from this photo of her. She was in her late teens I believe. Her card that I sent with my famous rolled butter cookies has some glitter on it. I have to say I am addicted to glitter now! I love the glue pen as it makes it easy to get a fine line.

I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day! I work on Saturday's so we had our dinner today. We were grilling in the snow my special NY spiedies, lightly salted potatoes and Italian bread and for desert a chocolate eclair. I have 1 more pound of my special NY meat left for another time.

I
will post my newer items as I get them made. I have more Vintage photos
going into my second Etsy shop and my main shop I will be listing some
more of my porcelain decal cameos. I have more photos coming this week
from my lady in NY. Some really nice ones that will make great Mother's
and Father's Day cards. Have a great week! XO Linda

Monday, January 26, 2015

Hello Blog Friends!I am hoping you all enjoyed your Christmas and are off to a wonderful New Year! I have been missing my favorite food from New York. Lupos Spiedies! So I splurged and ordered for Christmas Dinner! They ship meat every Wed. frozen 2 day air. I ordered 4 pounds of meat and 1 loaf of Italian Bread. We had for Christmas dinner. They were so delicious, we also had on New Years Day and have 2 pounds for sometime soon. So yummy! I sure miss going to the grocery store and grabbing a container to throw on the grill! LOL! my brother went to the Spiedie and Rib Pit on Saturday and had to send me a photo of his sandwich! Sure looked yummy! We are doing well here in Colorado. Weather is nice and then we get a snow storm. The snow finally melted off from the last storm! It was 63 today not bad for January! For all of my friends and family on the East Coast, I hope you keep safe as the storm looks like it is gonna be a mother!January is a big month in my family. My Mom and Dad would have celebrated their 65th Wedding Anniversary! Hard to believe we celebrated their 50th in 2000 and then who would have thought they would both be gone so quickly from our lives! My Dad's Birthday is also this month. Bobs' Dad Fred celebrated his 78th Birthday, my best friend from school turned 61. My darling daughter Tara turned 40. I am officially old! LOL! She wanted a music charm and we had it engraved. "Dad" covers both her Dad and Bob, she really loved it! The photos are not that great- it is from James Avery Jewelry Store. I have enclosed a photo of Oreo my Granddog, she was wearing her hoody and booties as it has been cold in Texas and our K-3 - Bob, Merlin and Savannah as a Kitty Pile.I have been working on my images and have a bunch listed in my second Etsy
Shop. Check it out, click the icon on my sidebar, Minniesvintageshop. I have been working
on cards now. My glitter came today from scrapbook.com, can't wait to get started! Bobs Grandma
turns 98 next month. I was able to get a photo of her when she was in her teens, I am making her a birthday card with it- I will post in
February.I will post photos of what I am working on as soon as I get
them finished. I hope you all have a blessed week!I hope you enjoy the photos I am sharing!XO Linda

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Hello Blog Friends, I have been busy making the secret family toffee recipe with Bob's Mom. It was hard but I stirred all the way through on 3 of 4 batches! It is yummy delicious and I have mailed off and work gifted 99.9%- That is what we do at work- I tin up toffee, bake cookies and do the popcorn with candy melt on it- I made 19 pans of it yesterday! Now I know why my elbow hurt! Sunday I am baking the cookies for work gifts and Bob's family, then I am done!! I love the toffee so it has to go away for others to enjoy! I sent over 130 cookies to my daughter Tara and family. Everyone has their own cookie container or Nayla will eat them all! I have photos of my beautiful and Special Christmas Ornaments that I received from Tuula in Canada. She is at www.thriftyrebel.com She sent everything in the beautiful box shown, with her hand made tag. She knew I liked purple so she sent the purple flower in the Vintage mold cup. She also sent the 3 little wooden ornaments and the Vintage Bird. I have not done a much for a Christmas tree since my Mom passed away. This year I put out the little tree out- the K-3 are naughty and it has come down a few times a day, so it doesn't have anything breakable on it. I also have some photos of my tags, cards and Christmas post cards I sent out. I am having fun with stickles glitter! I also have enclosed photos of the necklaces I made for a few gifts. The cat collage is for my friend in PA who did all of the Halloween decorations, her Mom has the Angel and my hair dresser the cabin scene. I have also enclosed the photo that I sent for the Angels at my Door candle lighting on the 12th and my Dad's photo for his 3rd Angelversary that was Saturday the 13th.I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Friday, November 28, 2014

Happy post Thanksgiving! I hope you all had a great meal and a wonderful day! Cindy Adkins on facebook- Angels at my Door is having a candle lighting event on December 12th, 2014. Have a wonderful rest of the weekend. I am off to work. At the dealership we are having a "black" Friday sale. Hope we are busy! Hugs, Linda

Sunday, November 16, 2014

I changed up my blog look today. I added photos of the K-3 and a nice
photo of Oliver. He was absent most of the week as we had terrible cold,
below normal and snow here. We knew he was over in the cat colony safe.
He came running over today when he saw us pull up from the store. He
was so happy to see us! He adores Bob. It is so funny he gets up on the
tool box in the garage and puts his paws on Bob's shoulders and looks at
him, then he takes his paws and pats his hat. I found out his story
from Kim. She is the owner of the cat colony. He was dumped off and one
of the neighbors took him in, they did not give him much of a chance as
their other cats did not like him. He took him to the humane society. His
breed is unusual he is a Norwegian Forest Bob Tail Cat. He has big paws
and prances when he runs. They said he was not adoptable as he stuck his
claws out at them. Seriously! They called Kim and said since he was
found by the colony if she did not take him, they would put him down. He
is very loving, but does have sharp claws. He has food and a cat bed in the garage also, we leave Jinx cat's old cat door open for him. We are going to co-parent
with Kim on him for now as he needs to be checked out by our vet, before
I would let him in near the K-3. So maybe he will live with us some time, for
now he eats here and is looking so much better since we have been
feeding him. I hope you have a great week! XO Linda

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Happy Veteran's Day to all who have served past and present and to my Family also. We had a gorgeous Fall day yesterday! Now the front that came through Alaska is coming down to all of us! To be cold, winds are up already and maybe the "s" word. I am not ready for snow yet!! My Veteran's Day Family Collage- Honoring my family starting with my Daddy Willard (Bill) Edwards Jr, My mom in 2 of the photos with Daddy, V.Irene Edwards, My daughter retired Msgt USAF Tara Saffell McCraw, my son in law Msgt Retired USAF Derrick McCraw, Tara's Daddy who passed away earlier this year- Eric Saffell retired Msgt USAF from the USAF Academy Band and last but not least my brother Jay Edwards who served four years in the USAF Academy Drum & Bugle Corps. 2 photos of the front coming in for our big weather change!! Have a great week! I am so excited I am also doing my first swap, A Christmas Ornament Exchange! Baby steps I will try more if this works out well! XO Linda

Monday, October 27, 2014

It's Halloween Week! Don't you remember growing up how much fun it was to wear a costume, go to aparade and then trick or treat? I grew up in a small town, Owego, NY. We had a Halloween parade, cider, donuts and then the kids all trick or treated. In those days we didn't have much to worry about! Now that I am a grown up, I think back on how much fun we had. The movie Theater had a Halloween Costume contest and played the old scary Vampire, Frankenstein movies an all day marathon! I still like Halloween and hope the kids get to experience some of what we did in our youth. We have a new kitty visits us 2 times a day for a meal. We call him Oliver. He lives in the Feral cat colony. I don't believe he is a real Feral cat as he is very loving. I made a collage of him for Halloween. Here is a new one of the K-3 Bob, Savannah and Merlin. They did not want to wear the new Halloween hat and collar, oh well! It is a good thing I can just use a photo editor for the hats! LOL! I also had fun with this Vintage photo. Happy Halloween to you all! Hugs from me, Linda

Friday, October 24, 2014

Happy Fall to my blog friends! It is hard to believe October is almost gone! We did our Memorial Balloons on Sunday the 19th. In honor and Memory of my Mom, Laurie, Bob's Sister, Uncle Bert. And I have added 1 for Daddy and now 1 for Eric my former husband. I have a little story- I broke my quarter moon stained glass and found this lady on the west side ofColorado
Springs that does stained glass. I met with her a week ago. She was
telling me about her former husband and how he was in the nursing home
close to death. I told her about Eric my former husband. Her name is Linda also and her last name is Willard, my Dads name. Her former husband passed away on Friday. They were like Eric and I good friends, even after they divorced and they had children together so they remained close. I think we were destined to meet! My new moon is beautiful! I will include a photo. I had a sticky note with the moon dimensions and I had written a note to myself to get balloons for Sunday. She saw my notes and made me a lavender and a yellow balloon. I am trying to think what I want to make for her, something special as a gift. I have photos of Pikes Peak on Sunday October 19, 2014 which was a beautiful sunny Colorado day, compared to last weekend which looked like winter! I am happy because I
choose to be, sad as I miss my parents more than words can say! We all know life goes on no matter what! I can't believe my Mom has been
gone for 9 years! I have to say I woke up on the 22nd and I could still
hear the phone call from my Daddy. I know they are in Heaven and we will
meet again! Work
is slowing down as it is fall and Motorcycle sales drop. We had a nice
lunch today. We had burgers cooked on the grill with all of the fixings!
Yummy! I did not eat last night or thismorning in order to eat! I have lost 15 pounds cutting out excess salt, sugar and carbs. I eatwhat I want on Sunday's. I hope you enjoy my beautiful Colorado photos and our Memorial Balloons. Nancy Lewis Park is where we go and the ducks were so cute, quacking around the pond. Also there was a Lily still and a few more buds. Our Lillie's are done for the year. It is a nice peaceful park to go to.The Eclipse photo was taken with a phone through a telescope. One of our service guys has an awesome telescope and he brought it in so we could all see the Eclipse. And if you live in Texas, LOL! watch out my Granddaughter Ayanna got her drivers license yesterday! :) Hugs, Linda

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I love crafts, making decal cameos, jewelry, sewing and more. I have been creating and working in photoshop and picmonkey. I collect Vintage photos and search for ones who remind me of people I know or have known. I live in Colorado Springs with my husband Bob of 26 years. We have 3 kitties the K-3 Bob, Merlin and Savannah and Oliver our outside Feral. I am a Proud Air Force Mom, a Grandma, sister,friend. I am a huge Dallas Cowboys Fan and NASCAR Dale Jr fan!